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UK exports of financial services to the EU reached an all-time high of £25.9bn in 2017, according to data released today by the Office for National Statistics.
A £3.5bn increase in the surplus on financial services was the largest driver of the UK’s services surplus last

London’s technology sector is continuing to thrive despite the looming prospect of exiting the European Union, according to a new report.
British tech companies raised 4.5 billion pounds ($6.1 billion) in 2017, almost double the amount raised the year before, according to the report from Tech

Fintech start-up Nuggets has been chosen by the UK government and the Mayor of London to embark on two trade missions to China this year.
The company – which has developed a blockchain-based, e-commerce payments and ID platform – will help represent the Department for International

The UK is seeking to woo foreign fintech firms after Brexit with more than 50 startups set to head to London.
The government and City institutions will host companies from more than 13 countries inside the European Union and outside the bloc, in a fresh bid

Theresa May today announced the launch of R5-SHCH Connect, a new service which links banks in China with London's foreign exchange (FX) market.
Part of the Belt and Road financial infrastructure initiative, this represents a significant progression towards closer financial market activity between the two nations.
Mrs

UK HealthTech startup Medopad has secured $28m (£19.6m) at the first close of its Series A round featuring investment from China’s NWS Holdings.
The company, which leverages artificial intelligence as part of its data-capture platform offering, seeks to connect patients and healthcare professionals in real-time.
Medopad is

Government papers leaked to Buzzfeed have today revealed that the UK may be worse off no matter what Brexit deal is reached with the EU.
The papers indicate that under a comprehensive free trade agreement with the EU, the UK economy would be 5% lower over the

In advice published in it's online resource, PwC has insisted that the UK's pre-eminence in the fintech sector is unlikely to change:
It’s also important to stress that London’s pre-eminence in the FinTech space is the result of a number of disparate factors, many of which

Company bosses from around the world have ranked the UK as the fourth most important country for their businesses’ growth, according to a PwC survey.
Despite Brexit uncertainty global CEOs have placed the UK behind just the US, China, and Germany in terms of growth potential.
For UK

Bitcoin is continuing to plunge amid fears that countries could ban it being traded.
Every single cryptocurrency – which includes bitcoin, but new entrants like ethereum and ripple – has plunged by about 10 per cent over the last day. That's down from an already low price,